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URBANA, Ohio – The No. 19 UIndy football team (9-2, 8-0 GLVC) made history in its regular-season finale Saturday afternoon.  The 31-24 come-from-behind win at Urbana secured the Greyhounds their first-ever nine-win season, as well as the first-ever Great Lakes Valley Conference football championship.

The only other Greyhound football squad to finish with a better record than this year's group was the 1953 team that went 8-0 and was inducted into the UIndy Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001.

The Hounds finished off their perfect run through the GLVC when Chris Mills delivered a 10-yard touchdown scamper that proved to be the difference.  The junior quarterback found the end zone on a draw play with just 1:35 left, good for his first rushing TD of the season.
 
Things did not look as bright for the Hounds just minutes earlier.  The Knights (7-4, 5-3) opened up a 24-16 lead with nine minutes left in the game, but a big kickoff return from Klay Fiechter gave the Greyhounds new life.
 
The ensuing drive, which started at the Urbana 38, was punctuated by a needed touchdown and two-point conversion to tie the score with less than seven minutes to go.  Logan Young caught a seven-yard TD pass, while Reece Horn corralled the reception on the conversion.
 
With go-ahead points on Urbana's mind, a huge defensive stop gave the UIndy offense the ball right back.  True-freshman and Greenwood, Ind., native Lee Campbell took down UU quarterback DJ Mendenhall on a 4th & 1 attempt to thwart the Knights' drive before they crossed midfield.
 
The Greyhounds took over at the Knights' 41-yard line on the eventual game-winning drive.  Mills recorded 25 rushing yards on the series, while Mar'quone Edmonds had a 15-yard catch.
 
The Blue Knights struck first with a 13-play, 80-yard drive on the game's first possession.  It marked the first time the Hounds had trailed in 22 consecutive quarters of play, dating back to the Missouri S&T game Sept. 29.
 
The teams battled to a 10-10 tie at the five-minute mark of the second until Edmonds capped the first-half scoring with his second touchdown of the day.  The one-handed grab came on a 10-yard pass from Mills to give the Hounds a 16-10 edge at the break.
 
Neither team scored for the first 13 minutes of the second half, but Urbana managed to retake the lead at 17-16 on a Mendenhall TD pass.
 
They followed that up with another touchdown on their first possession of the fourth, setting up the Greyhounds' comeback theatrics.
 
Three Greyhounds finished in double-digits in tackles; sophomore safety John Strickland racked up a career-best 17 tackles, followed by Todd Hacker with 13 and Andre Smith with 10.
 
Senior linebacker Max Davis finished with nine stops and an interception.  The performance moved his season tackle total over 100 and his career number to 400.  He becomes the sixth-ever Greyhound with three straight 100-tackle seasons.

With the regular season in the books, UIndy must wait until Sunday evening to learn of its postseason fate.  The NCAA will announce the 24-team Division II playoff field at 5 p.m. on NCAA.com.  Just six teams from each region will be selected to compete for the 2012 national championship.  The Hounds were ranked fifth in Super Region Four heading into the weekend.